twenty four the headlines this hour. us intelligence officials say the ukrainian passenger jet that crashed yesterday outside tehran was brought down by iran by mistake. de crane is callilig for more evidence iran says the plane crashed because of it. a full day of mass rallies in franz's unions continue to fight president macron's pension plans hundreds of thousands of march across the country and the transport strike is now in its fifth week. and the united kingdom is on course to leave the european union at the end of six months and days of voted in favor of prime minister boris johnsons

withdrawal agreements. to make is also very against keeping protections of refugees . the ukrainian passenger jet that crashed yesterday in iran was most likely brought down unintentionally by iranian at defenses that's according to senior us intelligence officials speaking to the media one hundred and seventy six people died when the plane crashed shortly after takeoff from tehran and pulled. ukraine has not ruled out any coals iran has blamed a technical folkss and has refused to hand over the black box recording equipment monte francés has this report. a nationalal day of mourning andnd ukraine t thursdy declared by president lo demersal lynskey who laid

flowers at a memorial set upp inside kps airport for the one hundred and seventy six people killed in the crash. he is urging the public not to speculate on a cause f for the tragedy. a group of ukrainian investigators arrived at the site wednesday night some of whom took parart in the invevestigation of the crash of malaysian air flight seventeen in twentnty fourteen. the secretary of ukraine security council said its investigators wanted to search the crash site for possible russian missile debris. after unverified photos were posted on the internet. in addition to ground to air missile he said other options include collision with the drone an engine explosion or a bomb attack on board everything has to be on the table and it's only natural that made da. a potential suspect as to a what could have gone wrong given that the accident occurred. just hours off to whatat wasas a night.t. full of conflict and tension across the region t the crash happened hours after a ron launched missile attacks on

u. s. led forces in iraq. the initial report from ththe iranians referred to the crash as an accident. although there was no radio call for help the iranian reports that the plane was attempting to turn back to ththe airport.t. beforore it t d and causeded a massive explosion on impact. the three year oldd airliner underwewent a schedulud maintetenance on monday. iran is working with ukraine but says it won't turn over the plane's black boxes to us investigars who would normally be involved given boeing is an american company. most of the victims were canadian in late thursday the canadian foreign minister said he's been in touch with the iraniaians and stressed the need for canada to play a role in the investigation. well at least sixty three canadians died in that plane crash in a short while ago canada's prime minister justin trudeau commented on those claims by us intelligence. but the plane was shot down accidentally by iran.

we have intelligence from multiple sources including our allies and our own intelligence. the evidence indicates that the plane was shot down by an iranian surface to air missile. this may well have been on intention. this new information reinforces the need for a thorough investigation into this matter. let's get the latest on that are washington correspondent kevin gorgeous donnie joins us now and that kidsds memphis will tell us a bt about what u. s. intelligence is saying about this crash. all they are as saying pretty much would do we've heard in that report a and i have from at canada which is at that. it was as most likely a missile frorom the iranians and that probably momost likely on intentionanall- hits of that plane apparently accocoing to o those a us

officials. in those a media reports here in n the west are talking about a a possibly to- missiles and hitting and the plane and now i their arguments according to addd their intelligence and their satellite data. is that maybe that that turning around that we heard in the report that the plane was trying to get back to the airport. as somehow was mistaken by iranians for a possible intrusion of as something on their radar and that what that's what led it to the mistake this is something that the iranians. have being as denying at the wrong an aviation authority- really and denying those allegations from the west and- from and the europeans and the canadians as saying that if that planene had been shot down. it would have gone in free fall and would have not attempted at that turn around a to get back and to the airport. we also heard from at the us president's and donald trump was speaking earlier in a press conference he has said

that he had his suspicions and at that it was likely a mistake from the other side the other side of course. and being at the wrong hands and- of course and the americans- as we've heard it will be a pretty much shot out of this investigation. but the iranians have said that if there the authorities and the ukrainians aren't able to really analyze those blind boxes because they are too damaged. at the would be willing possibly to ask for help as for a visa analysis of from either france or r canada who have and the competence. to analyze very damage black box. sis and name okay to van at steps around away at by the democrats to try and radian donald trump's powowers when it comes to you retaliating against iran. yes the house is actually currently a debating that war powers resolution that they'll be voting on at a later today and this so war powers

resolution a really brought forward by the democrats of coursee'e're tryining to limit the powers. of at donald trump military powers it is vis a vis iran andnd their goal is to try to avoid what happened with the strike on a solely money and at the want to limit those powers. at two a one and that is the- pending congressional approval that's their goal was to- try to avoid the president by passing congress in at these matters the problem is that the text of this resolution. does mention one big exception and that is an imminent a military attack on the united states and- we remember that said the strike on salen mani era was argued and brian the trump administration there was it because of an imminent threat. add that the acted so swiftly and without. notifying congress before so at this exception in the resolution is it in itself- or problematic there also

question as to how w legally bibinding in this resolution wil be the this is. going to be also in some way of bra9a in front of the senate probably and next week and there it might be more surprising because they're two republican senators who have come out. in favor of at that resolution and mike lee and rand paul both of them having come out very harshly against i. v. a classified briefings at that they got about the imminent threat leading up to that strike against sollen money they saidd that. at congress's job was to review and approve of those types of a military action in that the trump administration had been on constitutional in on american by asking them not to do that not to debate. and not to give their opinion. can't a man thanks very much kifungo just ani that in washington. where in front hundreds of thousands of people have been marching in paris and other cities to protest against the government's pension reforms unions crime three hundred and seventy thousand marched in the capital today police put the

figure closer to fifty six thousand. transformó his are also striking for thirty six straight days the longest running strike in french history but fewer workers all taking part. the goverernment wawants to end specicial privils for certain industries and penalize workers he stopped working at sixty two rather than sixty four. unions of called it an all out attack on public services nor best to reports. six weeks into across sector strike against the controversial pensions reform. protesters had a simple message for the government's. will keep going until you give up. is that what we're doing today isn't enough we need to keep on to keep pushing we can never give up. for many people to him. maybe michael should realize that we've been on the streets the thirty six days a congo on we have to do something that fight off the first address was

real workers teachers lawyers and public servants marched through major french cities on thursday as the hopes to inject fresh momentum. into the longest running strike in the country's history. in paris public transit was severely disrupted and the eiffel tower was closed as employees joined the protests. despite mass opposition to the reform and with nearly half of the country supporting the strikes the government has so far refused to make any concessions. on tuesday the latest round of negotiations with workers unions ended in a stalemate as neither side were able to reach a compromise. for the hardline cgt union the ball remains in the government's can't. let me just between the government stance of let's talk everything is on the table and the reality you have to question their actual willingness to negotiate did you rome all. while some unions are demanding the complete withdrawal of the reform others like the moderate

cft t. have specifically opposed plans to raise the full retirement age from sixty two to sixty four. a sticking point on which the government has so far refused to back down. listing from serving more events to remember the victims of a series of islamist attacks on the french capital five years ago on january ninth twenty fifteen and armed islamic statate symympathizer. k several people h hostage at a kosher supupermarket east of paris he killed for jewish men before he was gunned down by police the clase an umbrella group of jewish associations organizezed a rally today. in honor of the victims. on january ninth twenty fifteen a thirty two year old gunmen stormed a kosher superermarket n easton paris taking clients and stomped off stage. i'm ende cu body claimed he was actining on behalf of the islamic state group he killed for jewish men inside the store before police

gunned him down. it was an attack that shocked the nation and raised his withinn the jejewish community. by billions on deadly anti semitic crimes continue in france some jewish leaders say there's been a lack of solidarity. i believe that this solitude felled by jews is symptomaticc of sosomething that afaffects more than just one community. in the past few decades things have changed. those who should be key figures in the fight against racism aren't always present when it comes to fighting anti semitism. and vice versa perhaps. last sunday campaign is organized marches in the memory of south i had me in multiple french cities. the retitired doctor with tortured then thrown off a balcony and twenty s seventeen. a french court to recognize that the motive was anti semitic they deemed that her murder was not criminally responsible for his acts. hayley nie family have launched an appeal. another

horrific crime was the killing of holocauaust survivors men thy could not in twenty eighteen. eighty five year old was stabbed in a parisian apartment two men remain in custody for her nada. but it's notot just a physical violence theft and threats to you are unfortunately all too common in front of a jewish cemetery was desecrated in the north of strasbourg in twenty eighteen. a year later some fifty kilometers away a simil attack took place on more than a hundred grades. anti semitic graffiti is on a bagel store in paris and on images of deceased lawmakers see monday to adjust some of the many examples. france's interior ministry says anti semitic acts raise bite 74% in twenty eighteen. such acts as well as racist and xenophobic one of our legal on to a nineteen ninety rule. however it's not easy to convict perpetrators and 28% of victims go to the police. francaise europe's largest

jewish community that with anti semitism on the rise thousands have chosen to leave the country each year. one day of his extraordinary press conference in bay ridge the former car executive carlos ghosn has been speaking to france twenty four going jumped bail and fled japan last month we had been awaiting trial. on chargess of financial m miscondt he says he's innocent and says the japanese justice system is rigged with france twenty four small perelman oscoda about another case in the united states government was accused of hiding more than a hundred and forty million dollars of his salary. and in september he chose to pay one million dollars to settle the case. alan asked him why. what i seven now. and the cost is one mimillion dollar or i will for a long trial. even if i'm innocent but it would have been in a system where you would say jujustice is fair rights in the restaurant yeah yeah but this is an economic decision if. you're making an economic decision you want to pay wani

under now and get free for it- you gonna push you pay eight or nine million dollars and eventually you you you get in it because you cannot. preclude preclude perfect i made in normal and reasonable decision of any businessman above i choose to stop the for the american fromm pay a fine. and what's up withth the jobob. thas it. and you can s see the interview in full right here in front three four at eleven fifteen paris time. no more evacuation orders have been issued in australia as wild fires continue to rage in the country's southeast with hot weatheher set to return residens in the state of victoria. have been advised t to leave their homes admits concerns that two major fires could merged. to form a make a blblaze. . at leat 5% o of the state of victoria hs already benz temperatures. all set to reach more than forty degrees celsius in parts of the southeast region by friday and the fines of throwing up another problem. desperately thirsty wild camels have been

coming into the city. to try to find whatever show her some place has the latest from sydney. in a move supported by state authorities en masse called up to ten thousand four of camels is on the way in a remote corner of south australia. a professional she just carrying out the operation from helicopters over the next week at this. regional officials s say the camels oppoposing a lot o preressure on locall comommunities foror the country is sufferiring from a a- ongoing devastation and record breaking transient not forcing ththe camels. intoo a desperatee search for clues to a large herds of camelsls on our approaoaching villages estililoo supplies and training resources memeant for casuaual. as well as dedestroying property a and that you tatian. at that many camels have died of thirst for trampled each other in their search for- set and that did animals have the potential to

contaminate water sources. and therefore creation of public health risk. what's interesting is that they have been mass calls ove caramel skin the cost here in australia it is perhaps the most shocking at the moment what with the ongoing push one crosses. and use that tragically at least one billion animals have beenen lost. to the flames including many endangered species. mimichelle harrison place reporting that now the united kingdom's taken a big step towards leaving the e. u. at the end of this month and pesa voted in favor of prime minister boris yeltsin's withdrawal agreement three hundred thirty four. two hundred thirty one against the bill us now. house of lords in order. to leave on january thirty first thompson has ruled out prolonging first brexit transition period he owns. the end of this year. hello mike is also voted against keeping sanctions with charles refugees in that withdrawal billl it would have guarantnteed t the rt of on the company childld refugees. to be re reunited with family members living in

the u. k. off to brexit activists have called it a kick in the teeth. the member for the uk's brexit secretary his country protects child refugees- well that it's not nenecessary to enshrine that protection into the brexit bill. united kingdom currently i is in the top three e. u. countries in terms of the numbers of the company children it takes 15% of the entire t total o of the complete children it is not necessary to be in the ritual of the mobile itself what we have a project called. and we shouldn't talk about them. wednesday more than three hundred and forty conservative mps voted down a new clothes and number thirty seven. an amendment that would have facilitated family reunions unaccompanied minus. working with the easy one this issue was specified in theresa may brexit plan that taken out of boris johnson fashion. the current government insists that it is not abandoning charm refugees only simplifying

legislation. rights groups though onto convinced many have been relaying this petition by to activists they said that they'll no longer the favorite for child refugees paste brexixi potentiaially lettingg them fall into the hands of traffic is. the campaign is these were echoed by lay that alf dubs he's been spearheading the movement of the protection of unaccompanied minors to the brexit bill. himself arrived in the u. k. on the kindertransport as a child green not see them he called the decision a polling and shocking dobbs has promised to continue to argue his case. in the house of lords next week. well as his business he had kate moody is with us in the studio could see que hello i have a good to talk about this trade war. between washington and beijing which is kind of a note of the headlines in the past few days for obvious reasons- but but there is some developments today yeah absolutely light at the end of the tunnel this two year long. a a spot- china confirming that this thursday it's vice premier

li u. her will be heading to watch the white house next week. to sign the phase one trade deal of coursrse beijing hadd yet to confirm the announcementnt which is made by prpresident trump a few days ag. thisis will essentially be a ceasefire in this nearly twowo year long spat between the world's two largest economies. some tax will be put on hold we understand there will be agreement to buy more agricultural produce from the us. although the figures have not been confirmed yet donald trump though has once again suggested that a broader second stage of the deal could be put on hold. until after the presidential election in november. we'll start. a right away. the guy shading phase two it'll take a little time i think i might want to wait to finish until after the election. because by doing that i think we can actually make a little bit better deal may be a lot better deal. but phase one was- is a phenomenal deal could be up to fifty billion dollars in farm. product meanwhile a new poll shows that the majority of americans of all political leanings believe that the trump administration's

policies. or helping the overall us economy. a survey by the financial times and the peterson institute for economics. showed 851% approval rating overall with significantly more support among republicans and democrats. but crucially a new uptick among independents as well. 46% of those surveyed said they were against tariffs on the country's biggest trading partners. and while many thought that the hardline with china had been beneficial. only a fifthth of respondents said they were in favor ofof tht continuing. a ticket on the day's trading action now more records on wall street. the dow jones inching closer towards that twenty nine t thousand threshold- if it crosses it would be the first time ever. a visit by apple shares which have jumped nearly 2% to their own record high. after reports that iphone sales rose 18% in china in december. boeing shares recovering from wednesday's losses to trade about one.. six percent. major european indices a closed higher as well the tax o once again sharply out performing. at tech and telecom stocks

added more than 1% across the board. on the currency markets we'v've seen the pound dropped despitite this long awaited parliamentary approval of boris johnsons brexit deal. sterling trading at about one dollar thirty and just under a europe eighteen. investors are anxious to avoid a no deal brexit which would leave businesses in trade ties on a class on a cliff edge. pound droppeded t to a two week low earlier in the session is the outgoing head of the bank of englandd lay the groundwork for a possible rate cut. to shore up sluggish economic growth. well the uk will be able to launch new discussions about economic ties with various trading partners only after it officially leaves the european union on january thirty first. european officials have been increasingly vocal about their doubts the trade deal will bee reached within the eleven month transition period which has been outlined by the uk government. european commission president ursula vonderland described the deadline is impossible to reach. while the e. u.'s top brexit negotiator said there would be more

urgency from london and brussels. yes the uk a represents nine the person. of for you twenty seven three eight nine personal. but more significantly do you twenty seven accounts 4403% over or u. k. exports. 100% of its i impors so it is clear. that the we failed to reach a deal. it wowould be more home for the uk dot for did you with twenty seven. well it's been a disappointing day for retailers on bothh sides of the atlantic in the u. k. an industry body said overall sales have decreased in twenty nineteen for the first time in a quarter of a century. shares of marks and spencer tumbled 11% as it said and overstocked on festive food in men's fashion which didn't sell in the run up to christmas. country's largest supermarket rick te$ko said it had a strong holiday season which offset a broader slump

but it warned of a challenging market in the months to come. on the department store john lewis has w warned that it staff may not receive a bonus for the first time since nineteen fifty three. this christmas sales dropped 2% meanwhile in the us home goods retailer bed bath and beyond lost nearly thirty nine million dollars. the sales dropped nearly 9% in the third quarter. jcpenney kohls and victoria secret parent company él brands all reported lower sales for those crucial months of november and december. while macy's has said that we closing twenty eight stores across the country after its holiday sales slumped. there just isn't in distancing themselves fromm of the family firm and s striving for financial independence. prince harry and his wife the do conductors of sussex have sent shockwaves across the u. k. after their abrupt announcement on wednesday evening. but it's also renewed questions about just how much money the british royal family has and where it comes from el gains for has the details. they

plan to cut the will pastotoring this and moved to become financially independent. but where exactly does the british royal family's money come from. well harry and meghan currently receive about 95% of their funding from his father the prince of wales who pays for their public duties and some private expenditures. from twenty eighteen to twenty nineteen this funding send with the do you can duchess of cambridge came to just over five million pounds. that money comes from the duchy of cornwall prince charles's portfolio of investments in property. twenty one point six million pounds in twenty nineteen the other 5% comes from the sovereign grant money pay from the government to the world family which is generated through property portfolio. owned by the crown. with the young royals taking a step back from their duties they no longer going to accept money from the sovereign grandes. burned as yet it's unclear whether they'll give up that of

the sources of oil funding. for how they plan to finance their expenses including security during the time is spent abroad. he caught me up because he how fighting hopefully out they want football college and they want to talk to southern ports peyton. and close the government that's the on strike said. that have your cake and eat it to me. so i don't know high much they want to withthdrw from society but the will and kissing to manage quite okay harry has inherited millions from his relatives a states. while megan was a successful actor prior to her marriage. in a statement did you can duchess say they now. plan to focus on a new charitable entity. submit the states are more questions than answers absolutely all right cable they've that thank you very much indeed at times you might not know

01/09/20 01/09/20 [captioning made possible by democracy now!] amy:y: from new york, this is democracy now! pres. trump: iran appears to be standing down, which is a good thing for all parties concernrnd and very good thing for ee world. amy: president trump vowed on wednesday to hit iran with new sanctions but appeared to pull back from taking any new military action. tension between the two countries soared after the u.s. assassinated iranian commander qassem soleimani at the baghdad